Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Anglian York
Anglo-Saxons were living in and arou...
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Viking Industry and Trade
Manufactured objects in Jorvik ...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Tudor/Stuart
The arrival of the Tudors in 1485, w...
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Prehistory
Human beings have lived in the immed...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Ouse Bridge
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- The Female Prison
- The Minster after the Reformation
- Mosaic with a Woman's Head
- York Railway Station
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- George Leeman
- York and the Holocaust
- The End of the Abbey
- Elizabeth Boardingham
- Clifford's Tower
- The Cawood Sword
- Feeding Roman York
- The Other Castle: Baile Hill
- Vale of York Viking Hoard
- The Red Tower
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York